Genesis 27 – 28 Jacob's Dream
Genesis 27 – 28 Jacob's Dream
Sermon by Messianic Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky
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Genesis 26 - Isaac and Abimelech
When Isaac was between 60 and 80 years of age there was a famine in the land and he brought his family to Gerer, which was under the leadership of Abimelech (Avi-melech), king of the Philistines. We saw in a previous sermon regarding Abraham and Abimelech that the name/title Avimelech means “my father is king.” This very well could be the same Avimelech that Abraham met with and lied to. Since Abraham lived 175 years it is possible that Avimelech was much younger than Abraham when they meet, and that he could still be alive at the time of this account with Isaac. There is also another indication in this chapter that gives credence to the very real possibility that this is the same Avimelech.
Avimelech as an example:
We saw in the sermon regarding Abraham and Avimelech that while Avimelech was a human who lived at that time, some of his actions prefigured those of the Messiah (Whose Father is King). We see some of that in this chapter with Isaac as well.
Isaac followed Abraham’s bad example of lying to Avimelech.
In the second part of Genesis 26, in spite of how Isaac acted, Avimelech sought Isaac out to make a peace treaty with him. Isaac’s reaction to Avimelech is very telling of Isaac’s mindset at that point and a good mirror for us to see ourselves in.
There is much we can learn about Yeshua, and our own lives, from Avimelech’s example.
Our example:
Have you ever felt distant from God? Have you ever felt God is working against you? Have you had troubles with neighbor’s, work associates, family, or friends? Have you made wrong choices and acted out of fear? If you answered even a partial yes to any of those questions, then this week’s sermon has meaning for you to help you in your current situation.
In this week’s sermon Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky elaborates on how Avimelech foreshadowed the Messiah and how our lives can also glorify God.
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Genesis 26 - The Lord Blessed Isaac
Isaac Blessed
Because of a drought Isaac moves to Gerer, an area ruled by Abimelech (Avi-melech), king of the Philistines. Isaac’s father, Abraham, had also lived in this area during a drought. At that time Abraham lied about his Sarah, saying she is his sister, instead of saying that she is his wife. Avimelech innocently takes Sarah as wife, but is restrained by God from having relations with her. This incident took place within the year that God Himself came in the flesh and prophesied to Abraham that Sarah would conceive Isaac. This whole incident endangered the conception of Isaac. The lie brought shame upon Abraham.
Then over 60 years later Isaac comes to this same man and also lies about his wife saying she is his sister. In some ways Isaac’s lie is worse in that Sarah was Abraham’s half-sister, but that was not the case with Isaac and Rebecca (she was his cousin). In this account Avimelech does not take Rebecca as wife, but he does find out Isaac’s lie and rebukes him for it.
In spite of Isaac’s lack of faith, lying, and not immediately repenting of the wrong, God abundantly blesses Isaac.
Being blessed while in disobedience seems contrary to other statements in the Bible. God did have a reason for blessing Isaac at this point in his life.
Problems:
While being blessed by God, Isaac has problems from people. Isaac’s example helps teach us some important life lessons.
Have you been blessed by God? Have you always deserved it? Have you appreciated it? Have people ever caused problems in your life? How should we reacted to these situations?
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Genesis 25 - Jacob and Esau - the Birthright
Sermon by Messianic Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky
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God Sees Us - Keren Tarr
God Sees Us
Sermon by Keren Tarr
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Terah’s Descendants
Abraham’s Family, How Yeshua Kept from Sinning Even as a Youth
The Bible clearly tells us that Yeshua was tempted in all ways as we are, yet He did not sin. How did He do it? Did He have something available to Him that we don’t have available to us? If that was the case than He would not have been tempted in all ways as we are, so that can’t be the answer. Yet He did what no one has done, but which all are called to do. So how did He do it? Finding the answer to that question is the vital key to living a godly life. We will discover the answer to that all important question today, from the Bible.
Some people picture Yeshua walking around with a halo over His head, or that His mother was immaculate in order to give birth to a perfect child, but neither of those are pictures that the Bible give us. The Bible says, “Yeshua grew both in wisdom and in stature, gaining favor both with other people and with God.” Luke 2:52. Thus He continually grew with God while here on earth. The Inspired Word of God also tells us, in relation to when He descended from His Divinity to earth, “as the children have partaken of flesh & blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same… Therefore, in all things He had to be made like” us. So since He was made (when He came to this earth) “in all things like us” how did He do what you and I have not done?
The Bible also tells us that we will “arrive… at full manhood, at the standard of maturity set by the Messiah’s perfection.” Ephesians 4:13. That is a wonderful promise that we also will grow in stature to the full maturity of Messiah’s perfection, wow. And to those who receive that promise receive this gift: “To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.” Revelation 3:21
Thus He became “in all things like us” to be our example, so that we can be in all things like Him. But how? How can we overcome as He also overcame? We will find out today!
Yeshua, the Seed of Abraham
By looking at Abraham’s family line it will help us understand a little more about Yeshua and how we, like Him, can have victory no matter our inherited tendencies to do wrong.
Abraham’s family line, through his father Terah, is a very interesting study. There were many intermarriages among family members bringing about some interesting results. For example Abraham married his half-sister Sarah, Abraham’s nephew Lot was raped by his own daughters, and several other family related bed fellows. All of that inbreeding brought about several nations.
Overcomers with God
Today Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky ties Abraham’s family line and our relationship to Yeshua together and shows us, from scripture and illustration, how Yeshua overcame temptation throughout His life, and how we also can be overcomers with God.
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Genesis 24 – Isaac Gets Married
Isaac Gets a Wife
When Abraham was about 140 years old he called one of his servants to go and seek a wife for Isaac. Abraham gave his servant specific instruction regarding where to find a wife for Isaac, even asking the servant to promise to obey the instructions. Abraham told his servant not to take a wife for Isaac from the Canaanites, among whom they dwelt, but to go to his family in Ur and find a wife there. While not mentioned, this would mean that Abraham did not want a wife to come from among the hundreds of servants dwelling among Abraham’s tents.
While Abraham wanted a wife for Isaac from among his family in Ur, he definitely did not want Isaac going to Ur, and he specifically told his servant that in no uncertain terms. Abraham said, “Beware that you do not take my son back there.” Abraham assured his servant that God “will send His angel before you, & you shall take a wife for my son from there.” But even with God’s divine providence leading the way, the woman would still have free choice as to whether or not she would want to come. She must be willing, on her own accord, to come back with the servant. If she was not willing to come, the servant would be released from his promise to find Isaac a wife.
Even though Isaac was forty years old at this point he allowed his father and the servant to make all the arrangements, trusting in God’s direction, and their wisdom. Sarah, Isaac’s mother, had passed away about three years prior to this, but her tent was still kept up, and Isaac, and no doubt Abraham, were still grieving her loss.
Finding the right wife:
Abraham’s servant, whose name we are never told, took with him other servants, camels, and items of gold. When Abraham’s servant arrived outside the town where Abraham’s brother Nahor had lived he waited at the well for the women to draw water. While there he prayed to the Lord God of Abraham for a specific sign, that if he asked one of the young virgin women for some water for himself, if she then volunteered to give water to the camels also, that would be the woman for Isaac.
Rebecca, the granddaughter of Abraham’s brother, came to the well and did exactly as Abraham’s servant had prayed. This account is recorded three times in this chapter. Once in the prayer, a second time in the telling of the interaction between Abraham’s servant and Rebecca, and then again when the servant tells the whole story to Rebecca’s mother and brother.
Rebecca’s choice:
When Rebecca’s mother and brother heard the account from Abraham’s servant and saw the gold given to Rebecca they agreed to the marriage arrangement. But then the next day they hesitated and wanted to hold her back. The servant urged them to let him return with her or without her. Rebecca’s mother and brother left the final choice with her. Rebecca chose to go with Abraham’s servant and join herself to Isaac.
Marrying Isaac:
Rebecca traveled with Abraham’s servant to Canaan. As they came close to Abraham’s encampment Isaac was going out into the field to meditate in the evening. When Rebecca saw him in the distance she dismounted from the camel and put on a veil. Isaac went out to meet them and brought her into his mother’s tent and married her.
It really is a beautiful love story. They had a happy and long marriage together. As opposed to Abraham, Jacob, David, Solomon and others, Isaac never “knew” anyone else other than Rebecca.
More To The Story:
While this is a beautiful story and a historical event, the Bible is more than a collection of stories or a history book. There are wonderful lessons in this story for us as well. In this week’s sermon Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky draws out from the Holy Scriptures beautiful meaning for us from this Biblical account.
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Genesis 22 – Abraham – Peace at Beersheba with Avimelech
In Genesis chapter 20 we read about Abraham lying to Avimelech regarding Sarah. Then in chapter 21 Avimelech comes back to Abraham, this time with the commander of his army to call Abraham out for his sin and to get an assurance from Abraham that he will not do it again. After Abraham is humbled and promises not to do it again, Abraham uses this opportunity to call out a wrong that he feels Avimelech has done to him. Then the two of them go about making peace together through a covenant ceremony.
Preparing for Yom Kippur:
During the Ten Days of Awe between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur we are reminded to make our records clean and right with God. This Biblical account is a good reminder for us to speak with those who have wronged us and do all that we can on our part, by God’s grace, to make things right.
Not only is this Biblical account of Abraham and Avimelech historical, it has spiritual significance regarding God’s eternal plan for humanity and for our own personal lives.
Are their people in your life that you need to address for wrongs they have done to you? Listen to this sermon to find out the right and wrong way to do it. Have people called you out for wrongs you have done? Listen to this sermon to find out the right and wrong way to do it?
Join Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky in learning how to have better relationships with those around you and how to make peace.
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Genesis 22 - Abraham Sacrifices Isaac
After 25 years of waiting for the son of promise to be born God finally fulfilled His oath to Abraham and Isaac was miraculously born to Sarah. Some thirteen to twenty years later when Isaac was at least in his teen years, God called Abraham to sacrifice his only son, the son he loved.
How could God ask such a thing? Wouldn’t that have been murder? How was Abraham’s descendants going to be as many as the sands of the sea or the stars of heaven if he killed the one through whom those descendants would come? Many doubts regarding this command must have come into Abraham’s mind. This was the biggest test of his life, one of the biggest tests that any human has been asked to perform.
Abraham chose to obey God. He took two servants, Isaac, and most of the preparations for the journey of three days. But one vital item was missing. Isaac did not notice it was missing until the third day, but when he asked about it Abraham gave him one of the most amazing prophetic answers in the Bible.
God led them to a specific mountain which later on would have huge significance for hundreds of years, and for our day as well.
When they reach the mountain Abraham asked the two servants to wait while Isaac and he continued on a little further. Abraham added a phrase to those instructions which is an astounding statement of faith.
The Test
Abraham and Isaac built the altar for the sacrifice. At some point Abraham reveald to Isaac the command of the Lord. Isaac’s reaction was most interesting. Isaac was youthful and full of strength, while Abraham was old and weary after an arduous and restless three day. Isaac could have done anything he wanted to do, but his response was amazing, and prophetic. The test was not only for Abraham, but also for Isaac.
It is easy for us to at times focus on the sacrifice of the father, and forget about how much the test was also for the son. It is also easy for us to focus on the sacrifice of the Son and forget the sacrifice on the part of the Father.
Looking deeper than what is on the surface
In this week’s sermon Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky helps us see the deep messages in this Biblical account. We find the prophetic fulfillment to Abraham’s statement to Isaac regarding the missing item they needed for their journey. We learn what was so significant about the spot God chose for Abraham. We come to understand what faith really looks like as we hear Abraham’s instructions to his servants. We are drawn in to feel the pain of both the father and the son, and we rejoice in hearing the greater fulfillment of this Biblical account. And as always we find lessons for our lives today.
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Abraham and Ismael
Abraham and Sarah held a party celebrating that their miraculously born child, Isaac, was weaned. I am sure 90 year old Sarah was very thankful that day had finally arrived. Hagar, Sarah’s maid, and Ismael, the son she bore to Abraham, were at the party. Ismael was probably around 16 years of age at this point. During the party Ishmael showed his jealousy by mocking Isaac.
It is understandable that Ismael would be jealous after years of being the only child, the inheritor of all of Abraham’s wealth.
Sarah noticed the jealousy and she was not going to allow it to harm the unity of bond she had with her husband Abraham. She told Abraham that Hagar and Ismael needed to be cast out. Abraham was distraught over the thought of being separated from Ismael, whom he loved. God knowing Abraham’s heart gave him guidance by instructing him to listen to Sarah and cast out the bondservant and her son. God choose not to acknowledge their names. God knows that Abraham is still concerned for them and He assures Abraham that they will be well and that from Ishmael many people will come, even mighty nations.
Symbolic spiritual meaning:
While this is a very real story with even more drama in it than just mentioned, it also has deep spiritual meaning. Rabbi Paul, the writer of the book of Galatians, wrote “it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar— for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children— but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren, you who do not bear! Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor! For the desolate has many more children than she who has a husband.” Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now. Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.” So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.” Galatians 4:22-31
Two women, two sons, two locations, two covenants:
In this week’s sermon Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky helps us understand what these two women, two sons, two locations represent, and what are the two covenants. Is one of the covenants, the one represented by Hagar and Mount Sinai, the Ten Commandments, as is commonly taught in some circles? Are the Ten Commandments to be cast out? No, of course not! God forbid, as Rabbi Paul would say. That would not make sense in light of what the rest of the Bible says regarding the Ten Commandments which were given by God Himself, written with His own finger, on tablets of stone, placed inside the Ark of the Covenant in the Holy of Holies. Rabbi Paul says are: “The law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.” Romans 7:12. And Yeshua said, “For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.” Matthew 5:18.
So than what are the two covenants? Watch the sermon and hear how Rabbi Jeff makes it plain as day for us.
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Genesis 21 – Sarah Gives Birth
At the age of 90, after being promised by God a child for at least the previous 25 years, Sarah gave birth to a son. It was a miraculous occurrence like no other mentioned prior to God creating Adam from dust, and Eve from a rib. Sarah was beyond child bearing age. Thus for her to give birth to a child was nothing short of miraculous.
Impossible?
Is anything too hard for God? Some question whether or not God could perform miraculous births. What do you think – did God miraculously bring forth Isaac from Sarah & Abraham? If so, would it be too hard for God to do other types of miraculous births?
Can God do miracles in your life?
Miraculous:
Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky explores Bible predictions and an example of another miraculous birth during this week’s sermon. Find out for yourself these life changing truths by joining Rabbi Jeff in listening to this drasha.
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Chanukah – Dedication
Sermon by Messianic Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky
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Genesis 20 – Abraham and Abimelech
Abraham and Abimelech, Abraham Lies Again
For reasons not revealed, after being given the promise that in a year’s time Sarah will have a son, and after sodom & gommorah were destroyed, Abraham moved his caravan south near Gaza.
Abimelech was king in that area. Like Abraham did twenty years before, he lied (or half truthed) about Sarah being his sister. Abimelech took 90 year old Sarah as a wife.
This was a precarious situation because it was during this time that Sarah needed to be conceiving through Abraham so they could have a child within the year that God promised they would.
One might excuse Abraham for not initially remembering the events of 20 years before when he did a similar thing with the Egyptian Pharaoh. One might excuse Abraham for being fearful for his life if it was known that Sarah was his wife. But when Abimelech took it to heart and indicated he was going to take Sarah as his wife Abraham should have spoken up.
All is well that ends well?
By the end of this Biblical account it looks like Abraham made out pretty well. But surface reading could be deceiving. This was not a time when Abraham was a good example.
More to the story
One might wonder why this story is in the Bible. Certainly we can learn from Abraham’s mistakes, but is there more to it than just that? Yes there is, and this story is no exception.
There are some very profound insights hidden in this story that demonstrate that this story is bigger than just Abraham lying and everything working out fine in spite of it. This account, like everything in the Bible, has deep significance in understanding God’s work for humanity, and for God’s calling upon us individuality.
Good news
Once again in this sermon Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky helps us find the “good news” in the story. Join us in finding out what that good news is and how it applies to your life.
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Genesis 19 - Lot and Incest
A Lot of life
The Bible gives us quite a bit of information about Abraham’s nephew Lot. We almost have to wonder why he is mentioned as often as he was. In this video we will review the entire historical record of this man, and the choices he made.
His life started off with such promise, and the record ends as a widower living in a cave with two of his daughters, who basically rape him.
Mirroring
As we look at Lot’s life we will see the opportunities he was given, being associated with Abraham, having wealth, family, protection, position, and seeing God’s divine hand. This gives us an opportunity to reflect on our own lives.
Saved?
As we look at Lot’s life and see the choices he made, the type of person he was, how his family followed or didn’t follow his example, we are prone to wonder whether or not he will be in heaven. But we don’t have to remain in doubt, the Bible clearly tells us what will be the end result for Lot.
What about you and me?
As we look at the type of life Lot lived, the last recorded historical account, and what the Bible tells us will be the final end result, we can learn valuable information for our own lives. From these accounts we will have a greater understanding of how God views humanity. This sermon will give us a better understand God’s calling upon our lives.
Rabbi Jeff helps us look at Lot’s life and then helps us learn lessons from his life to help us in our individual lives, and to help us not make the same mistake he made, and to better understand what God thinks of us.
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Genesis 19 Lot and Incest
A Lot of life
The Bible gives us quite a bit of information about Abraham’s nephew Lot. We almost have to wonder why he is mentioned as often as he was. In this video we will review the entire historical record of this man, and the choices he made.
His life started off with such promise, and the record ends as a widower living in a cave with two of his daughters, who basically rape him.
Mirroring
As we look at Lot’s life we will see the opportunities he was given, being associated with Abraham, having wealth, family, protection, position, and seeing God’s divine hand. This gives us an opportunity to reflect on our own lives.
Saved?
As we look at Lot’s life and see the choices he made, the type of person he was, how his family followed or didn’t follow his example, we are prone to wonder whether or not he will be in heaven. But we don’t have to remain in doubt, the Bible clearly tells us what will be the end result for Lot.
What about you and me?
As we look at the type of life Lot lived, the last recorded historical account, and what the Bible tells us will be the final end result, we can learn valuable information for our own lives. From these accounts we will have a greater understanding of how God views humanity. This sermon will give us a better understand God’s calling upon our lives.
Rabbi Jeff helps us look at Lot’s life and then helps us learn lessons from his life to help us in our individual lives, and to help us not make the same mistake he made, and to better understand what God thinks of us.
Join Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky as he brings this Bible story to life.
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As in the Days of Noah
As in the days of Noah and as in the Days of Lot so Shall it be at the Coming of the Son of Man.
History repeating itself
The Bible clearly gives us examples of what has happened in the past that will be repeated in the last days. We can know we are in the last days because the situation is similar to the examples given. Two of the examples given are “as in the days of Noah,” and “as in the days of Lot… So shall it be at the coming of the Son of Man.”
As we look at what happened in the days of Noah and in the days of Lot and compare them with what is happening today we see we are very close to the coming of the Son of Man.
One Taken, One Left
In relation to the prediction that it will be as in the days of Noah and the days of Lot, Yeshua made a bold prophetic declaration recorded in Luke 17 verses 35-37. “Two women will be grinding together: the one will be taken and the other left. Two men will be in the field: the one will be taken and the other left.” Then His disciples asked where would those who were taken be taken, and Yeshua gave an answer that will astound many.
Righteous and Wicked
Who remained alive and standing in Noah’s day? Who remained alive and standing in the days of Lot? So also will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
How many years apart was there between the judgment on the wicked and the protection and deliverance of God’s people in the days of Noah? And what about in Lot’s day? So also will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
Hear it for yourself
Rabbi Jeff gives answers to the above questions by looking at God’s word. There is a clear comparison between the Bible accounts of Noah and Lot with what we see in the world around us today and it shows that we are very close to the coming of the Son of Man.
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Genesis 19 - Remember Lot's Wife
Remember Lot’s wife
Lot’s wife
While we are never told her name, she has been known for 3,500 year or so, to the time of Abraham. The Bible even encourages us to remember her. She is known as “Lot’s wife” and other than the recommendation to remember her, she is only mentioned in three verses, all in just one chapter of the Bible.
Remember
Unfortunately what she is remembered for is not flattering. We are encouraged to remember her as a warning for us not to make the same mistake that she made. It is not for one final act that we are to remember, but the motives and reason she made that fatal mistake. Her action and what caused her to do such an unwise thing is a lesson for us all.
One Look
Her whole life is summed up in just one look. A look can be very revealing of where our hearts are. What are we looking at? What has our attention? At what are we ogling (or googling)?
Bringing it home
Rabbi Jeff once again takes an ancient account and brings it home to our day, to our individual lives, to help us not make the same mistake that Lot’s wife made.
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Daniel 11, the Final War Between Islam, Israel, and Christianity
The Bible prophesied over 2,500 years ago that the final war for this world would start with Islamist attacks. We are seeing the fulfillment of that prophecy right now. We have seen the rise in attacks coming from Islamists, such as the brutal, inhuman, barbaric, satanic attack of Hamas against Israeli citizens on Simchat Torah, Oct 7, 2023, and the rise of ISIS in 2014 against everyone they came in contact with, and even before that in 2001 with the attack on civilians when they flew planes into the World Trade Center buildings in NYC. And we should not forget the thousands of Christians in Africa who are regularly being kidnapped and raped, mutilated, and murdered, and churches burned,and many other atrocities that would be too many to count.
Where does the Bible prophecy the rise of attacks from Islamists against the world?
In 2010 Tim Roosenberg wrote a book entitled Islam and Christianity in Prophecy, in which he interpreted chapter 11 of the book of Daniel to predict that Islam would attack the world, in particularly the Christian world, and the Jewish world in the process. Then four years later ISIS rose up and began fulfilling exactly what Tim interpreted from Daniel 11. And we have seen the continuance of that. Not only does Daniel 11 predict Islam’s attack, it predicts Christianity’s response, and the end result of this final battle.
In contrast to the prophecies of Daniel 2, Daniel 7, Daniel 8 and 9, and all of Revelation, which are all filled with tremendous amounts of symbolism, Daniel 11 is very literal. Daniel 11 is not the first prophecy in the book of Daniel, thus it was not meant to be the first read and interpreted. A proper understanding of Daniel 2, 7, 8 and 9, leads to a proper understanding of Daniel 11.
The Final War.
In this final war each side unites with interesting, and even unusual, partners, partners who at one time were diametrically opposed to each other, partners who are theologically and ideologically opposite, partners who, once the war is over, will be in opposition to each other once again, with brutal consequences. While this war is going on these strange bedfellow partnerships stay together for the cause of fighting a greater enemy, but once that greater enemy is annihilated the winner will then attack their temporary partners, because the goal of this final war is not world peace, but world domination.
This final war for the world will not be isolated merely in Israel. It is a global war that will affect every single person on this earth, including you and me. Remember, while Daniel 11 is very literal, the other prophecies of Daniel and all of Revelation are symbolic, thus the symbolism in Revelation has global applications.
We don’t need to read or watch the news and be afraid. We can read the Bible and be warned, prepared, and assured of the final outcome. We can be secure in our God and know that life on this fallen planet is not the final end. We look for a better land, and a city whose builder and maker is God.
But does God care about us today?
Join Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky as he goes over the details of Daniel 11 and reveals the amazing fulfillment of that prophecy as it applies to our lives today and current events we are seeing and experiencing.
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Why Does God Allow Suffering?
Why??? Why does God allow suffering?
In light of all the suffering that takes place in the world it is easy to wonder why does God allow all this suffering? Why did God allow so many Israelis to be tortured, abused, captured, and killed on Simcha Torah 2023? Why did God allow the Holocaust with 6 million Jews killed in horrendous ways? And many others have suffered tremendously as well. Really all have suffered in some ways, with some more, and some even much more than others. Why? Why does God allow it?
Some will even wonder if there is a God. Or if there is a God, some have concluded He doesn’t care about us, or is not active in our world any longer.
Is there a God?
We do know there is a God. How do we know? Look in a mirror, look outside. Do you have two eyes? As complex as our eyes are even one eye is an absolutely astounding creation that would be statistically impossible to come about by mere chance and random selection (and a tiny little fly’s eye is even more amazing in some ways). But when you add to that we have two eyes, that are in perfect symmetrical relationship to each other, the same color, the same size, and that they work in harmony with each other is a statistical impossibility way beyond reason. And then you can multiply those statistical impossibilities by the fact we have two arms, perfectly symmetrically opposite of each other working together, two legs, two ears, two nostrils, two lungs, two sets of matching ribs, two hip sockets, and on and on and on (and a centipede has how may matching legs?) There definitely is a master Creator who has designed all this and brought it into being.
We also know there is a God because of all the multitude of amazing Bible prophecies that have been fulfilled. Some naming people years before they were born like King Cyrus, or others with specific dates of specific events that would take place. Only a living God, who is still active in the world today could give the prophets the ability to be so accurate.
But does God care about us today?
Sometimes it is easy to see that God loves us, sometimes it is not so easy. But God definitely does love us with an infinite love that is way beyond any love we can have for anyone, even when He allows suffering.
In this week’s drasha (sermon) Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky helps us understand why God allows suffering even to those whom He loves.
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Genesis 19 - Sodom and Gomorrah - Example of Hell
Genesis 19 - Sodom and Gomorrah - Example of Hell
Sermon by Messianic Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky
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Joel 2 - Sukkot - Never Be Put to Shame
Joel 2 - Sukkot - Never Be Put to Shame
Sermon by Messianic Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky
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Yom Kippur - Valley of Decision
Yom Kippur - Valley of Decision. Joel 3
Sermon by Messianic Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky
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Joel 1 - Ten Days of Awe - Weep, Wail, Lament, Mourn, Groan, and Cry
Joel 1 - Ten Days of Awe - Weep, Wail, Lament, Mourn, Groan, and Cry
Sermon by Messianic Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky
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Joel 2 - Blow the Trumpet in Zion
Joel 2 - Blow the Trumpet in Zion
Sermon by Messianic Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky
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Genesis 19 - Mercy and Judgement of Sodom and Gomorrah
Many people are familiar with God’s judgment upon sodom and gomorrah – fire, brimstone, etc. But have we ever paused to consider all the ways God was merciful to sodom and gomorrah? Merciful? Fire & brimstone merciful? Well there is more to the historical account than just that.
God was actually very, very good to sodom. There are several instances specifically mentioned in the Bible of God’s mercy and His love demonstrated to the people of sodom giving them several opportunities to know Him. More than one of the ways God showed mercy towards the people of sodom had to do with Abraham.
The End
The end result that came upon sodom could have been averted. But this is the path they choose. And even with that, the end result is not the final end yet. Even now God is working in behalf of the people of sodom to extend his mercy so that if possible there could be some that would be saved. There is a prophetic statement that Yeshua mentions about them that is very interesting, and it is also helpful to us to better understand God’s judgments and His dealings with mankind.
Even with all the mercy God showed, there was an eventual time when it is time for the “final grade” to be determined and enacted.
God’s mercy towards us
God has been very merciful to each one of us, treating us better than we deserved, and first loving us. We should take heed not to ignore or reject His call.
In this week’s sermon Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky covers some of the ways God showed mercy towards the people of sodom, as well as the prophetic statement about them.
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